Man, 41, held in Santa Tecla home with marijuana, cocaine and grinders
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police arrested a 41-year-old man at his home in the residencial Santa Teresa in Santa Tecla, La Libertad Sur, on 6 November 2026, seizing portions of marijuana and cocaine along with grinders, pipes, a scale and two phones. Police said he would be sent to the courts for illicit drug trafficking; no weights or court outcome were reported.
🇸🇻 residencial Santa Teresa, Santa Tecla, La Libertad Sur, El Salvador
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Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), Policía Nacional Civil (PNC)
El Salvador’s National Civil Police and Attorney General’s Office arrested a
41-year-old man at his home in the residencial Santa Teresa in the Santa Tecla
district, La Libertad Sur, on Friday 6 November 2026.[1][2]The search of the
house was ordered by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and carried out with
the police, which said the man was suspected of storing and distributing drugs.[3][2]
During the search officers seized portions of marijuana and portions of cocaine,
which are not counted in a cannabis weight because the sources give none.[4]The seizure also included four grinders, three pipes, one digital scale and two
mobile phones.[4]La Página described the items as three metal grinders, one
plastic grinder, a scale, three pipes and two mobile phones.[3]
Police said he will be sent before the courts on the charge of illicit drug
trafficking.[1]The Santa Tecla arrest was announced the same day as two other
drug arrests in the capital, a university detention over marijuana and the case
of a couple accused of using minors to sell drugs.[4]
La Huella described the seizure of three metal grinders, one plastic grinder, a scale, three pipes and two mobile phones.[2]
Photos and video
Police presentation photograph of the 41-year-old man detained in Santa Tecla, captioned 'Mario Odilón Pereira Morán fue arrestado' and credited to the PNC's account on X. Photo: PNC, via Diario El MundoPhoto details
The sources give no weight or price for the marijuana or for the cocaine, so no kilograms are recorded and the cocaine is not counted.
The articles give no date beyond 'this Friday' 6 November 2026, and La Página says only that the FGR ordered the capture, so the accounts differ on who carried out the search.
No charge filing, custody ruling or court outcome was reported.
The accounts rest on the police's own X post, and no statement from the detainee was published.
Coordinates are for the centre of Santa Tecla district, not a mapped point inside the residencial Santa Teresa.
National Civil Police agents arrested César Danilo López Hernández, 34, inside a higher-education centre in San Salvador on 6 November 2026, saying he carried marijuana and cash hidden in a backpack and tried to flee. Police did not identify the university or give the amount of marijuana or money, and said he will be referred for possession and holding with intent to traffic.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police carried out five raids in San Salvador Centro and arrested a man and a woman accused of forcing minors to sell drugs, with a third arrest warrant outstanding. Investigators said the case began in October 2026 when a 15-year-old caught selling drugs told officers adults beat him and made him distribute the substances.
El Salvador's National Civil Police arrested 21-year-old Ederson Stanley Santos Bermúdez in the Mejicanos district of San Salvador Centro on 4 November 2026 and seized several bags of marijuana it said were prepared for sale, plus a mobile phone. He was to be referred for possession and holding of drugs, with no weight or court outcome reported.
Police in San Miguel Centro arrested 26-year-old Jhon Brandon Giraldo Rivera after catching him carrying a bag of marijuana. He allegedly tried to flee and discarded the bag before officers recovered it and took him into custody for alleged drug trafficking.
